Woke up and the achilles were so painful I could barely walk. I probably would've called the run off had I not woke up an hour before my running alarm and decided to just "get this recovery run out of the way."
It's been OVER A MONTH since I've done a recovery run without Jim. He makes me feel so much better about my recovery pace! haha. He sets a darn good recovery pace though. I was determined to have a real recovery run, where I feel better after than before. So I ran @DD going a leisurely pace, between 9:30-11:30. I think I ended with an average of 9:45? Who really cares. It was SLOW. I was hoping the achilles would figure itself out with all the squawking it was doing.
I took the lower trail that I haven't run since it was covered in ice and I fell and got injured a few months ago. It was pleasant and winding and rather enjoyable.
I had a massage, she spent over an hour on my shins and achilles. I was told she'd never seen that many knots in a leg before "it's like a braid..." ha. Glad my knots formed a braid.
Several hours after the massage, my legs are starting to feel better and the achilles actually feel normal and not like a giant ball of tight pain. Good. I'm supposed to stretch them out again with an easy 2 miles tomorrow before I test them with longer distances this weekend.
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